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The most controversial film of 2026 is in cinemas this weekend, as film critics like myself were refused early screenings across the world. The Melania Trump documentary has been ridiculed this week for its lack of presale ticket sales, with screenshots of empty cinema bookings circulating on social media.Attending the earliest public showing I could find at a local Cineworld this morning, I was the sole attendee when initially booking.However, upon my arrival at midday, there were at least 7 people in the audience, including another critic scribbling away on their notepad and later cursing under her breath in fury as the end credits rolled.In contrast, as an American political history buff, I’ll lap up whatever new documentary on the presidency comes out, regardless of the subject’s pa...

A “gripping” thriller series that is critically acclaimed will soon leave Netflix. The Capture is a British mystery thriller series created, written and directed by Ben Chanan. The main cast includes Holliday Grainger, Ginny Holder, Ben Miles, Lia Williams, and Ron Perlman. The series focuses on DI Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) as she uncovers high-level conspiracies involving deepfake technology, manipulated CCTV footage, and intelligence service "corrections". Series 1 follows soldier Shaun Emery (Callum Turner) fighting false, doctored evidence, while Series 2 explores political deception and AI in a post-truth world. The first series was reviewed positively by critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 92% and an average rating of 8.1/10, based on 39 reviews.The si...

Comedian John Bishop, 59, has opened up about a sad reallisation which hit him while watching the new Hollywood movie Is this Thing On? The movie was inspired by his relationship with his wife and his first foray into comedy. Directed by Bradley Cooper, it sees Arrested Development star Will Arnett play a character called Alex Novak, who begins doing stand up comedy on the New York comedy scene after splitting from his wife. He initially finds himself on stage at an open mic when he signs up to perform to avoid paying the admission fee.Although set in America, it mirrors John's tale and while he and wife Melanie have now been married 32 years, they were close to divorce and living apart back in 2000. They reconciled after around two years when she saw him joke on stage about missing her...

Melania Trump’s new documentary was savaged in a brutal hot mic moment from the premiere’s red carpet. Two photographers, who could be heard rustling papers containing details of the guests expected at last night’s event at the rebranded Trump Kennedy Centre (January 29), revealed the names of those on the guest list who had failed to turn up.One of the photographers said: “They didn’t show on the red carpet. Kari Lake, she didn’t show. Bret Baier, Kellyanne Conway, Riley Gaines, Kash Patel didn’t show… [Kristi] Noem didn’t show up. [Pam] Bondi didn’t show, weird. Sean Duffy didn’t show. [Peter] Navarro… [laughs].”Even Trump’s children didn’t show up to the event. While Donald Trump Jr. and his father did attend in-person, Barron Trump was absent.It comes after another blow for Melania,...

Lethal Weapon, Bad Boys, Rush Hour. The buddy cop action-comedy teaming a by-the-book cop with a loose cannon is a genre that's been few and far between in recent years.But with the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's franchise and the announcement of Rush Hour 4, this kind of movie is making a comeback at President Trump's request.None more so than in The Wrecking Crew, this weekend's big original movie release on Amazon Prime Video, boasting a long-awaited, inevitable team-up of Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista.The muscle-clad pair play estranged Hawaiian brothers Jonny and James Hale, who are reunited in hunting down their father's killer on O'ahu.Bautista is the straight-laced Pearl Harbor-based Navy SEAL, while Momoa repeats his Aquaman chaos as a biker chain-wearing, beer-chug...

Fans and critics love the film (Image: Getty)A supernatural comedy film with a near-perfect rating is leaving Netflix soon, giving fans just days to watch the evergreen classic which changed the landscape of pop culture.The 1984 horror comedy Ghostbusters will be departing from the streaming giant’s platform on February 1.Directed by Ivan Reitman with a screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters proved to be a mammoth success at the box-office, garnering $296.6 million worldwide during its initial release in 1984 against a production budget of $30 million.Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis in the lead with stellar supporting performances from Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, and William Atherton, this supernatural comedy became th...

Judgment at Nuremburg has been described as a landmark film (Image: undefined)A profoundly significant war film, hailed as 'mandatory viewing' by audiences, has landed on BBC iPlayer.The moving picture was helmed by Stanley Kramer and boasts an stellar ensemble cast including Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, William Shatner and Montgomery Clift.Released in 1961, Judgment at Nuremberg centres on four German judges who presided over the 1947 trials, during which members of the Nazi regime faced a military tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity.Chief Justice Haywood (Spencer Tracy) examines evidence and testimony not only from principal defendant Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster) and his defence counse...

A "stunning" war film that "puts Saving Private Ryan to shame" is available to rent now. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) is set during the Korean War and tells the story of brothers Lee Jin-tae and Lee Jin-seok (played by Jang Dong-gun and Won Bin) respectively, who are forcibly drafted to fight for the south.Jin-tae is told by the higher ups that if he wins South Korea's most coveted medal for bravery, his younger brother can be discharged. Out of love for his brother he embraces violence and danger in the army's ranks, whilst an inner battle for his own humanity rages. The film was directed by Kang Je-gyu, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Han Ji-hun, and Kim Sang-don.Fans have flocked to IMDb to shower the film with praise. One, who gave the Taegukgi a 9/10 said: "South K...

Hundreds of World War 2 movies have been made over the years, with the very best ranked in our Top 10, which saw Saving Private Ryan miss out on No 1.Yet occasionally a classic goes under the radar despite critical acclaim and the most underrated of recent years is Terrence Malick’s three-hour epic set in Nazi Germany.Yet occasionally a classic goes under the radar despite critical acclaim and the most underrated of recent years is Terrence Malick’s three-hour epic set in Nazi Germany.2019's A Hidden Life is based on the true story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector who refused to fight for Hitler.This beautiful and devastating drama follows his tale from life on his peaceful Austrian farm to being sent to prison to await his treason trial.Meanwhile, the dev...

Marvel's Avengers Doomsday is already setting itself up to be something of a direct sequel to Avengers Endgame.Chris Evans’ return as Steve Rogers has already been revealed in the first teaser trailer, with the former Captain America at home in the 1940s with a baby he has with Peggy Carter.Rumour has it that he didn’t return the Infinity Stones after all, which is causing multiverse madness.Now fans will remember that the Fantastic Four rocket ship from Earth-828 was spotted orbiting Earth-616 by the New Avengers in the Thunderbolts* end credits scene, which you can view below.And according to a new plot leak, Steve Rogers is riding it along with Marvel’s First Family and Robert Downey Jr’s villain.According to reliable scooper MyTimeToShineHello: “In Avengers: Doomsday, Victor asks th...